The Basic Practice of Statistics: w/Student CD

The Basic Practice of Statistics has become a bestselling textbook by focusing on how statistics are gathered, analyzed, and applied to real problems and situations—and by confronting student anxieties about the course’s relevance and difficulties head on.

With David Moore’s pioneering "data analysis" approach (emphasizing statistical thinking over computation), engaging narrative and case studies, current problems and exercises, and an accessible level of mathematics, there is no more effective textbook for showing students what working statisticians do and what accurate interpretations of data can reveal about the world we live in.

In the new edition, you will once again see how everything fits together. As always, Moore’s text offers balanced content, beginning with data analysis, then covering probability and inference in the context of statistics as a whole. It provides a wealth of opportunities for students to work with data from a wide range of disciplines and real-world settings, emphasizing the big ideas of statistics in the context of learning specific skills used by professional statisticians. Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition offers new content, features, cases, data sources, and exercises, plus new media support for instructors and students—including the latest version of the widely-adopted StatsPortal.

The full picture of the contemporary practice of statistics has never been so captivatingly presented to an uninitiated audience.

Customer Reviews:

EXCELLENT TEXT!!

By CelticMarine - February 14, 2010

Have to have this text for an online college statistics course I am taking. Text is well written. It presents the concepts in a clear and through fashion making it easy to learn the material. Would recommend it even if you are not taking a course and just wanted to teach yourself a basic grasp of statistics. With this text you can do it.

Excellent Quality Book

By Eskychesser - June 24, 2012

I had to buy this book, because I am a graduate student working on a second masters degree (in mathematics this time) so I can become a full time college math instructor. I have been a teacher of mathematics at the high school level for 16 years now. The course was MA 502 through Eastern Michigan University online.

I must say, I was kind of critical as to how this book and course might be. Statistics can be a scary subject to take and with it being online, my fears were likely justified. However, I had nothing to be afraid of. The book is excellent. The format is excellent. Lots of pictures, short lessons, interesting examples. Instruction is step by step, small doses of spoon fed math, exactly like it should be. The book starts off very easy. Students at this level should be able to get through the first five chapters with simplicity, while refreshing foundations for future chapters. Everything is kept simple, and anything else is provided at the online website. Solutions... read more

good, helpful textbook

By gracercars - February 23, 2011

I bought this book for an introductory statistics course at my college. It has been very helpful so far. The examples and diagrams are useful. The definitions and explanations are clear.